Ian G. Lituchy
San Diego,CA
Summary
Entrepreneurial co-founder and software engineer with a passion for building innovative AI solutions and high-performing engineering teams. Beyond writing exceptional code, I drive product strategy and business growth through technical leadership. I combine deep technical expertise with strategic vision to deliver products that blow customers away.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
CTO & Co-founder
Leadoff.ai
San Diego, CA
09.2024 - Current
- Architected an end-to-end Sales SaaS product from concept to market release, implementing React.js/TypeScript frontend, Python/Flask backend, with CI/CD pipelines, MongoDB, and AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Secured $500K+ funding through technical roadmap development, product demonstrations, and strategic investor presentations.
- Engineered production-grade NLP/ML pipeline leveraging OpenPipe, FAISS, and RAG for automated conversation analytics and deal forecasting.
- Developed RESTful API integrations with enterprise SaaS platforms including Salesforce API, HubSpot API, Gong API, and Chorus API, enabling seamless data synchronization and workflow automation.
- Designed and optimized MongoDB schema architecture implementing data aggregation pipelines and KMS enhanced encryption.
- Created data visualization and analytics suite using Jupyter Notebooks.
- Developed internal admin portal with Streamlit, enabling configuration management for LLM prompts, model fine-tuning parameters, and system settings without engineering intervention.
- Implemented comprehensive security infrastructure achieving SOC 2 Type II compliance, including OAuth2 authentication, JWT token management, data encryption, and vulnerability scanning.
Technical Lead
Samsara
San Diego, CA
06.2023 - 09.2024
- Architected a headless e-commerce service constructed of AWS Gateways, Lambda functions/layers, and permissions built and deployed via Terraform code, enabling all developers to work in parallel by instantiating their own personal development TF stack.
- Lead a team of five engineers to overhaul Samsara's legacy Webstore code by decoupling the current system and developing a frontend mono-repository, Python API layer, and PostgreSQL database.
- Reduced customer errors by 53% and saved on-call engineers upwards of 18 hours a week.
- Managed yearly and quarterly roadmapping for Webstore development, weighing technical debt improvements against business requirements to estimate development timelines and workflows to meet all stakeholder requests.
- Project managed a year-long, company-wide integration of a third-party e-commerce software, overseeing multiple development teams from across the organization to provide technical requirements, technical reviews, and communication between the third party, stakeholders, and developing teams.
- Technically interviewed over 50 candidates to assist in building our team from 4 members to 25, served as a mentor for new hires, and led onboarding training to transfer knowledge of our software systems and integrations.
Co-Owner
City Flavor
Oakland, California
04.2018 - 07.2023
- Developed City Flavor in Python, using Django, JavaScript, and React, to operate as a self-sufficient truck booking platform, including an automated scheduling algorithm and a complex event booking system.
- Managed the onboarding and scheduling of 20+ apartment complexes, 12 corporate locations, and 2 food truck lots.
- In charge of hiring contractors, connecting with potential new clients, and managing property insurance coverage.
Senior Growth Engineer (Full Stack)
Samsara
San Francisco, CA
02.2022 - 05.2023
- Oversaw the Samsara Webstore, which processes over $20 million in transactions yearly; this includes managing project planning, the development lifecycle, deployments, code reviews, stakeholder communication, and error handling/reliability.
- Maintained and improved integrations with Stripe, Salesforce, NetSuite, and other third-party software.
- Acted as the Team Lead for Samsara's major initiative to grow enterprise-level purchases through the webstore, increasing quarterly enterprise transactions from $100,000 to more than $2 million.
- Developed Vue.js code to match Figma designs for Samsara's redesign, which boosted conversion rates from 11% to 19%.
- Operated the entire webstore on-call framework, automating the triage of tickets through Zapier flows, and working directly with sales reps and sales ops to create a more efficient pipeline to help and service our customers.
Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Apostrophe
Oakland, CA
02.2021 - 12.2021
- Directly contributed to Apostrophe's acquisition by Hims & Hers Health, Inc.
- As one of the longest-tenured employees (#12), I oversaw a team of two engineers, conducted weekly one-on-ones, managed ticket creation and delegation, performed code reviews, and carried out performance reviews.
- Coordinated and coded the front-end redesign of Apostrophe's main website to fit a new brand style, which boosted acquisitions by 20%—built scalable in React, utilizing dynamic, reusable components, and Redux.
- Advocated for and designed communication channels between the marketing, design, and product teams to improve efficiency in cross-team collaboration, as well as built out a component library to meet design standards.
Full Stack Software Engineer
Apostrophe
Oakland, CA
09.2019 - 01.2021
- Managed the Apostrophe marketing site repository, including code reviewing pull requests, and approving/deploying changes to a site with over 120 active pages and 5,000 page views per day.
- Implemented new functionality to the backend in Django daily, querying MongoDB securely and efficiently.
- Work directly with the CPO to increase customer acquisitions via Google Analytics, Facebook's Conversion API, landing page A/B testing, Google Tag Manager/data layer, and Schema.org implementation.
- Built out full-scale frontend testing via Cypress.io to replicate customer registration flows.
Software & Systems Engineer / Product Lead
G2-OPS
San Diego, USA
10.2018 - 09.2019
- Developed Ruby scripts and plugins to automate the creation and adjustment of MagicDraw system model architectures
- Managed a team of 3 modelers to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and delivery of our Hardware-CI model
Co-Owner and Manager
Fries First Food Truck
Los Angeles, CA
08.2017 - 03.2018
- Proved our concept with over $100,000 in sales and a 5-star Yelp review throughout eight months of operation.
Education
B.A. & B.S. - Electrical Engineering
University of San Diego School of Engineering
San Diego, CA01.2018
Skills
- Python, JavaScript, Reactjs, Vuejs, Flask, Django
- Styled Components, GraphQL, Gatsbyjs, Cypressio, CSS, HTML
- MongoDB, Postgres, SQL
- RAG, Openpipe, LangChain, Agentic AI
- AWS cloud architecture: API Gateway, Lambda, KMS, S3, Terraform
- Team leadership, hiring
- Git, Jira, Agile, Figma
- Adobe CS
Leadership Experience
Chapter President - Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, San Diego, CA
Regulated discussion and mediated weekly meetings for our Chapter of 100+ members and executive committee of 11 members, while serving as an intermediary between the General Fraternity and the University.
Accomplishments
- Selected as a keynote speaker for Excellerate's AI Round Table
- Secured $500k+ Funding for Leadoff.ai
- Received $20,000 First Prize from the Kenneth A. Frierich Business Plan Competition for our food truck in Los Angeles
Timeline
CTO & Co-founder
Leadoff.ai
09.2024 - Current
Technical Lead
Samsara
06.2023 - 09.2024
Senior Growth Engineer (Full Stack)
Samsara
02.2022 - 05.2023
Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Apostrophe
02.2021 - 12.2021
Full Stack Software Engineer
Apostrophe
09.2019 - 01.2021
Software & Systems Engineer / Product Lead
G2-OPS
10.2018 - 09.2019
Co-Owner
City Flavor
04.2018 - 07.2023
Co-Owner and Manager
Fries First Food Truck
08.2017 - 03.2018
B.A. & B.S. - Electrical Engineering
University of San Diego School of Engineering